Muscles

Question 1

The study of muscles is?

Answer 1

Myology

Question 2

Tendons

Answer 2

Muscles to bones

Question 3

Aponeurosis

Answer 3

A tendon that is flat and ribbonlike, a broad sheet of fibrous connective tissue that serves as a tendon to attach muscles to bone or fascia to bind muscles together.

Question 4

Tendons are surrounded by what?

Answer 4

Tendon sheath

Question 5

Fascia

Answer 5

Is a sheet of fibrous membrane that encloses muscles and separates them into groups

Question 6

Ligaments

Answer 6

Bone to bone or bone to cartilage

Question 7

Orgin

Answer 7

Less moveable. The end of the muscle

Question 8

Insertion

Answer 8

Moves the muscle

Question 9

Motor nerve

Answer 9

Causes muscle to move by stimulating a group of muscle fibers

Question 10

A group of muscle cells is called what?

Answer 10

Motor or neuromotor unit

Question 11

The plasma membrane of a muscle cell is called what?

Answer 11

Sarcolemma

Question 12

The cytoplasm of a muscle cell is called what?

Answer 12

Sarcoplasm

Question 13

Skeletal muscles

Answer 13

Controlled at will, striated

Ex: eyes, tongue, pharynx

Question 14

Smooth muscle

Answer 14

Non striated, spindle-shaped fibers, not controllable at will.
Ex: stomach, intestines, uterus

Question 15

Cardiac muscle

Answer 15

Involuntary striated muscle, heart

Question 16

Prime movers

Answer 16

Actively produce a movement

Question 17

Antagonists

Answer 17

Relaxing, opposite of prime movers

Question 18

Synergists

Answer 18

Contract simultaneously with the prime movers to help execute a movement or steady a part

Question 19

Azygous

Answer 19

Not paired

Question 20

Bi, tri, quadri

Answer 20

Two, three, and four

Question 21

Externus

Answer 21

External or outer

Question 22

Gracilis

Answer 22

Slender

Question 23

Latissimus

Answer 23

Wide

Question 24

Longissimus

Answer 24

Long

Question 25

Longus

Answer 25

Long

Question 26

Medius

Answer 26

Intermediate

Question 27

Orbicularis

Answer 27

Surrounding

Question 28

Quadratus

Answer 28

Square

Question 29

Rectus

Answer 29

Straight

Question 30

Rhomboideus

Answer 30

Diamond-shaped or shaped like a kite

Question 31

Scalenus

Answer 31

Irregularly triangular or unequally three-sided

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Serratus

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Sawtoothed

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Teres

Answer 33

Round or cylindrical

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Transversus

Answer 34

Crosswise

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Vastus

Answer 35

Great

Question 36

What are the two facial muscles?

Answer 36

Orbicularis oculi | Masseters

Question 37

Orbicularis oculi

Answer 37

Muscles that moves the eyes

Question 38

Masseters

Answer 38

Chewing, raises and lowers the mandible

Question 39

Serratus

Answer 39

Important for respiration and for supporting the trunk of the body in all quadruped species. Neck

Question 40

Pectoral

Answer 40

Forms chest, and adducts forelimb

Question 41

Latissimus Dorsi

Answer 41

Broadest muscle in the back, supports forelimb and aids in flexion of shoulder

Question 42

What are the 3 muscles in the epaxial group?

Answer 42

Iliocastalis Longissimus Transversospinalis

Question 43

What do the muscles in the epaxial group do?

Answer 43

Act as extensors of the vertebral column and produce lateral movement of the trunk

Question 44

What are the three muscles of the thorax?

Answer 44

External intercostals Internal intercostals Diaphragm

Question 45

Triceps brachii

Answer 45

Extends forelimb

Question 46

Biceps brachii

Answer 46

Flexes forelimb

Question 47

The 4 abdominal muscles are

Answer 47

External oblique Internal oblique Rectus abdominis Transversus abdominis

Question 48

What do the abdominal muscles do?

Answer 48

Keep the viscera in place, support and compress the abdomen and contract during parturition, defecation, urination, and coughing

Question 49

Linea alba

Answer 49

A fibrous band of connective tissue running the entire length of the center of the ventral abdominal floor

Question 50

Gluteal

Answer 50

Major muscles over pelvis, extends and abducts limb

Question 51

What are the 4 muscles in quadriceps femoris?

Answer 51

Rectus femoris Vastus lateralis Vastus medialis Vastus intermedius

Question 52

Rectus femoris

Answer 52

Flexes and extends leg

Question 53

Vastus lateralis

Answer 53

Extends leg

Question 54

Vastus medialis

Answer 54

Extends leg

Question 55

Vastus intermedius

Answer 55

Extends leg

Question 56

What does the "semi" group include?

Answer 56

Semimembranosus Semitendinosus Biceps femoris

Question 57

What does the "semi" group do?

Answer 57

Forms the hamstrings

Question 58

Gastrocnemius

Answer 58

Flexes leg and foot

Question 59

Arrector pili

Answer 59

Muscles that attach to the hairs on the dorsum. Raise the hair on the back

Question 60

Cutaneous trunci

Answer 60

Attaches to the dermis. Insect-repelling skin. Causes the skin to twitch

Question 61

Cremaster

Answer 61

The muscles that raises and lowers the scrotum